Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the defeated Spirit Hall support Soul Master Xu Yu, Xu Yu reversed his healing and recovery skills on Xiao Wu, draining her Soul Power and worsening her injuries. He surrendered when the remaining Shrek fighters attacked, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious and the tournament’s outcome in chaos.

• As Shrek celebrated its victory over Spirit Hall Academy, Xu Yu unexpectedly stood up and realized he had transmigrated into the body of a Spirit Hall support Soul Master.
• Xu Yu inspected his Brilliant Gold Scepter and mutated Soul Rings while the Shrek fighters interpreted his behavior as arrogance.
• When Xiao Wu attacked with a Waist Bow, Xu Yu reversed his Healing and Recovery skills and applied them to her.
• Xu Yu’s reversed skills drained Xiao Wu’s Soul Power and aggravated her injuries until she collapsed unconscious amid the spectators’ cries.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun attacked Xu Yu with support from Ning Rongrong and Oscar, so Xu Yu surrendered.

After Shrek Academy won the tournament, Xu Yu gained Bibi Dong’s attention by revealing Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. With Xiao Wu exposed and surrounded by Spirit Hall’s experts, Tang San faced Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall, leaving Xu Yu wondering whether he would make a different choice.

• Ma Hongjun protested when Shrek’s team withdrew, but the host stopped the fight and announced Shrek Academy as the tournament champion.
• Xu Yu helped the injured Spirit Hall team members off the arena and explained to Bibi Dong that Tang San’s poison had caused his spirit mutation and awakened his healing abilities.
• Bibi Dong summoned Xu Yu to the Palace Assembly, and he told her that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Xiao Wu dropped the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, revealing her aura and drawing the attention of the Spirit Hall experts, who surrounded her with predatory gazes.
• Bibi Dong announced Shrek Academy as champion and presented three soul bones, while Tang San rejected her apparent attempt to recruit him.

After Tang San refused to join Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, and Tang San and the Shrek members were captured when they tried to rescue her. Xu Yu was summoned to the Pope’s Palace with the soul bones, then discovered that his Contract Tome had followed him to the Douluo Continent but remained inactive.

• Tang San rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall, and she ordered Ghostly Moon Guan to capture Xiao Wu after revealing her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Sword Douluo and the Shrek experts tried to intervene, but their resistance failed, and Ghostly Moon Guan took Xiao Wu into the Pope’s Palace.
• Grandmaster challenged Bibi Dong, who confirmed Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast in Form Transformation; Tang San charged into the palace, and Spirit Hall captured the Shrek members.
• Bibi Dong summoned Xu Yu to the Pope’s Palace that night and ordered him to bring the three soul bones he had picked up.
• Xu Yu returned to his dormitory, found the ancient bronze Contract Tome in his possession, and saw that it was still marked “Not Activated.”

Xu Yu attended an audience with Bibi Dong, where Hu Liena requested permission to train in the City of Slaughter and Xu Yu handed over three spirit bones to the Golden Generation. Hoping to become Bibi Dong’s disciple, he instead received an order to study under the Ninth Elder and discovered she was a woman.

• Bibi Dong summoned Xu Yu to the Pope’s Palace, where Hu Liena asked to enter the City of Slaughter and received approval.
• Xu Yu presented three spirit bones left by Tang San and, at Bibi Dong’s direction, yielded them to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to prepare for the City of Slaughter and assigned Xie Yue and Yan to a trial in Death Canyon.
• After dismissing the others, Bibi Dong offered Xu Yu a wish, and he asked for guidance in Soul Power cultivation.
• Bibi Dong directed Xu Yu to become the Ninth Elder’s disciple and ordered him to wait outside the detention ward that night.
• Xu Yu went to the Ninth Elder’s residence and discovered that she was a female elder.

Xu Yu began his apprenticeship with the Ninth Elder, who beat him and put him in a medicinal vat to help temper his body, though he mistook her intentions and tried to flee. After learning that Bibi Dong was angry with him for missing their meeting, he left Spirit City and heard that Tang Hao had taken Tang San away, prompting him to consider seeking the hidden hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Empress soul bone.

• Xu Yu met the Ninth Elder and entered her courtyard to study under her.
• The Ninth Elder beat Xu Yu and immersed him in medicinal liquid, while he wrongly believed she meant to kill him.
• After recovering, Xu Yu buffed himself, cursed the Ninth Elder as he fled, and was caught and brought back.
• The Ninth Elder explained that she had been tempering his body and said he reminded her of her deceased younger brother.
• The Ninth Elder told Xu Yu that Bibi Dong had grown angry after he missed their meeting and advised him to leave Spirit City for a while.
• Xu Yu left Spirit City, heard that Tang Hao had taken Tang San from Spirit Hall, and considered searching for the hidden Blue Silver Empress soul bone.

Xu Yu escaped Spirit City, found and absorbed Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and activated the Contract Tome’s new abilities. He discovered that the Blue Silver Grass he had encountered was the successor to the Blue Silver Empress, leaving him with a potentially dangerous connection to Tang Hao’s family.

• Bibi Dong learned that Xu Yu had fled Spirit City, while Spirit Hall remained locked in a dispute with powerful factions over the captured Shrek group.
• Xu Yu found Tang Hao’s hidden cave and retrieved Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• The Contract Tome activated, revealing Xu Yu’s information, an illusion talent, and his Life Guardian Beast, the Chaos Ancient Tree.
• Xu Yu absorbed the soul bone and gained the skills Spring Wind Blows Anew and Flight, strengthening his healing and ability to escape danger.
• Xu Yu opened the Tome’s third page and learned that the Blue Silver Grass seed had inherited Ah Yin’s memories and could become the new Blue Silver Empress.

After reaching the southern coast to search for an Extreme Devourer Immortal, Xu Yu intervened when Zhu Zhuyun fled her family’s pursuers. Zhu Zhuyun escaped into the sea, while the injured Xu Yu vanished from the sky.

• Xu Yu searched the southern coast and shallow seafloor for an Extreme Devourer Immortal but found no trace of one.
• Xu Yu noticed Zhu Zhuyun fleeing four Netherworld Spirit Cat Family members led by Zhu Ting, who wanted to reclaim the family’s stolen Soul Bones.
• Zhu Zhuyun resisted her pursuers and accused Zhu Ting’s faction of scheming against her and her younger sister.
• Xu Yu used the Contract Tome to send buffs to Zhu Zhuyun and her pursuers, giving Zhu Zhuyun enough strength to escape into the sea.
• Zhu Ting and the others attacked Xu Yu’s concealed position, drawing blood from the sky, then ordered Guo Qing to report back while they continued searching.

After escaping a whirlpool inside Zhu Zhuyun’s water-repelling bubble, Xu Yu drifted with her beneath the sea until he found a barren island. He planted the Chaos Ancient Tree there and planned to bring Zhu Zhuyun to Spirit City, while taking her Storage Ring as payment for saving her.

• Xu Yu was pulled into a whirlpool and discovered Zhu Zhuyun unconscious inside an air-filled bubble, protected by a pearl in her mouth.
• Xu Yu drifted underwater with Zhu Zhuyun for three days, then tied her to himself and walked along the seabed with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xu Yu found a sea island and planted the Chaos Ancient Tree, whose growth accelerated as it absorbed energy from the sea.
• Xu Yu carried Zhu Zhuyun ashore, took her Storage Ring, and planned to bring her to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong.

Xu Yu saved Zhu Zhuyun and tried to persuade her to join Spirit Hall, arguing that she could not challenge the Star Luo Empire alone. Zhu Zhuyun remained conflicted but began to consider his offer as she faced the prospect of hiding for the rest of her life.

• Xu Yu revived Zhu Zhuyun and cooked fish while she recovered on the island.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Xu Yu as a member of Spirit Hall and questioned why he had saved her.
• Xu Yu returned Zhu Zhuyun's coat and suggested she join Spirit Hall to escape her pursuers and gain a chance against the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Yu criticized Zhu Zhuyun's tactics against her younger sister, angering her as she held the fish head he had given her.
• Zhu Zhuyun considered Xu Yu's offer, recognizing that she might otherwise spend her life hiding or settle into an ordinary marriage.

Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun trained together and agreed to help each other hunt spirit beasts, while Zhu Zhuyun planned to meet Bibi Dong about making a deal with Spirit Hall. When Zhu Zhuyun’s family arrived searching for her, Xu Yu hid them underwater, where they watched Sea Spirit Beasts attack the family’s ship.

• Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun agreed that she would help him hunt a spirit beast, and he would help her find one for her own spirit ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Xu Yu about secretly watching her bathe, and he agreed to help her after securing his own spirit ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun recalled fleeing because she and Dai Weisi had lost the Continental Elite Tournament and feared what the imperial capital would do to them.
• Zhu Zhuyun spotted members of her family approaching, so Xu Yu used roots to erase their camp traces and took her into the sea.
• Zhu Zhuyun realized Xu Yu had taken her Water Repelling Pearl, but they turned their attention to Sea Spirit Beasts attacking her family’s ship.

Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun struck a deal to cooperate, then killed a wounded Giant Shark so Zhu Zhuyun could absorb its soul ring. After A Lan grew stronger from feeding on the shark, Xu Yu carried Zhu Zhuyun into the sky to pursue the wounded whale he wanted for his fifth soul ring.

• Xu Yu abandoned his pursuit of the whale after Zhu Zhuyun offered to help advance his status in Spirit Hall in exchange for his support in becoming ruler of the Border Kingdom.
• The Giant Shark defeated and devoured the Netherworld Spirit Cat Family disciples, but Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun killed it with a surprise attack and took its soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun began absorbing the shark's soul ring while Xu Yu searched inside its body for spoils; Blue Silver Grass drew power from the carcass and became a gold-grade summoned beast with five-thousand-year combat strength.
• Xu Yu named his summoned Blue Silver Grass A Lan, and Zhu Zhuyun finished absorbing the soul ring.
• Xu Yu carried Zhu Zhuyun through the air along the whale's blood trail, and they found the wounded whale half an hour later.

Xu Yu killed a wounded Blue Whale Fish and absorbed its thirty-thousand-year soul ring while the Blue Silver Grass drained the beast and neared a breakthrough. After absorbing his fifth soul skill, Xu Yu realized he had misunderstood the Spirit Mutation caused by his transmigration.

• Xu Yu rejected Zhu Zhuyun's warning and used his anti-healing buffs to weaken the surrounding Spirit Beasts.
• Xu Yu sent the Blue Silver Grass into the dying Blue Whale Fish, guided it to destroy the beast's brain core, and claimed its soul ring.
• Xu Yu let the Blue Silver Grass feed on the whale's life energy, pushing it close to the Ten Thousand Year level.
• A Lan used the Contract Tome to reach the Chaos Ancient Tree's diapered child and tried to persuade him to share energy, but he resisted before becoming conflicted.
• Xu Yu finished absorbing his fifth soul ring, saw the Blue Silver Grass had drained most of the whale, and realized his understanding of his Spirit Mutation was wrong.

Xu Yu investigated the changes to his martial soul and traveled with Zhu Zhuyun toward the border between the Two Great Empires. He left her wondering whether she could meet her sister, while believing he could eventually help Bibi Dong achieve her ambitions.

• Xu Yu realized that both his martial soul and soul rings had mutated, and that his Brilliant Gold Scepter could float and support him without being held.
• Xu Yu grew wary when the Blue Silver Grass handled his Contract Tome, suspecting that Ah Yin might have awakened.
• Xu Yu carried Zhu Zhuyun away, and the Blue Silver Grass wrapped herself around his wrist so she would not be left behind.
• Xu Yu sailed from an island near a small fishing village to the border between the Two Great Empires, using a modified Soul Tool as a propeller.
• Xu Yu asked Zhu Zhuyun why Dai Weisi had not touched her and then offered to let her meet her sister, prompting her to question his sincerity.
• Xu Yu privately believed that he could help Bibi Dong achieve her ambition of unifying the continent.

Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun reached land and set off toward Spirit Hall, while Spirit Hall continued to clash with envoys from the Two Great Empires over the detained Shrek Academy members. Bibi Dong refused to release the prisoners, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xu Yu put the crying Blue Silver Grass into his Treasure Codex space and told Zhu Zhuyun that his book was an External Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuyun believed Xu Yu's explanation, and the two reached land and traveled toward Spirit Hall.
• Envoys from the Two Great Empires confronted Bibi Dong in Pope's Palace and demanded the release of the detained Shrek Academy students and teachers.
• Xue Qinghe told Bibi Dong that the Heaven Dou Empire demanded the return of members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• After the meeting ended without resolution, Ghost Douluo asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall could release the prisoners, but she dismissed his concern and left.

Xu Yu brought Zhu Zhuyun to his teacher Golden Goose’s residence in Spirit City to keep her safe while they prepared for their next move. As Zhu Zhuyun settled in and agreed to pose as his woman, Xu Yu checked the Contract Tome and saw that his Soul Power had reached level fifty-three and his tome had become Silver.

• Xu Yu passed the Spirit Hall gate with Zhu Zhuyun and took her to Golden Goose’s residence, warning her not to wander around.
• Xu Yu told Zhu Zhuyun to claim she was his woman if anyone asked about her identity, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Zhu Zhuyun chose the bedroom beside Xu Yu’s, while he waited for her and thought about her unexpected level fifty-three Soul Power.
• Xu Yu opened the Contract Tome and found it had advanced to Silver, with his Soul Power listed at level fifty-three and his Phantom Talent at its second stage, Clear Vocalization.

After the Treasure Codex gained a silver tier, Xu Yu discovered new information about the Chaos Ancient Tree and set out with Zhu Zhuyun to move his belongings. Their teasing and Zhu Zhuyun’s offer left their relationship tense and ambiguous as they arrived at his apartment.

• The silver-tier Treasure Codex gained two blank pages and an Appraisal function, and its entry for the Chaos Ancient Tree revealed the skills Conversion, Seed, and Bloom.
• Xu Yu caught Zhu Zhuyun looking at the Treasure Codex, and the two traded barbs before agreeing to move his belongings.
• On the way to Spirit Hall Academy, Xu Yu told Zhu Zhuyun about Spirit Hall’s institutions and its hidden Titled Douluo.
• Xu Yu and Zhu Zhuyun entered the Spirit Hall Elite Team’s luxurious apartment complex to collect his things.
• Zhu Zhuyun complained about Xu Yu staring at her and offered to let him do whatever he wanted if he proved he could support her, but Xu Yu changed the subject and urged her to move the belongings.

Xu Yu moved out of the apartment with Zhu Zhuyun and considered how to approach Bibi Dong about his plans. He abandoned an attempt to visit Xue Qinghe at the Heaven Dou envoys’ quarters and went to Pope’s Palace instead.

• Xu Yu told Sun Chuantao, Li Kai, and Zhang Ping that Golden Goose would train him, and he left with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Sun Chuantao and Li Kai mistook Zhu Zhuyun for Xu Yu’s lover, so Xu Yu called her his Yunyun and hurried away with her.
• After settling Zhu Zhuyun in, Xu Yu considered asking Bibi Dong for an audience and thought of approaching Xue Qinghe first.
• Xu Yu went to the Heaven Dou envoys’ quarters but worried Bibi Dong might suspect him of betraying Spirit Hall, so he left and headed to Pope’s Palace.

Xu Yu returned to Spirit Hall and persuaded Bibi Dong that he understood her ambition to unite the continent, while seeking to regain her favor. Bibi Dong gave him her Pope's Token and ordered him to resolve the matter concerning Shrek Academy before she would grant his request.

• Xu Yu entered Pope's Palace and apologized to Bibi Dong with exaggerated flattery for leaving without permission and making her wait.
• Xu Yu exposed his thorn-covered, scarred back to show his remorse, and Bibi Dong removed the thorns and praised his breakthrough to Soul King.
• Bibi Dong considered sending Xu Yu to Death Canyon, but Xu Yu offered his talents and spoke of uniting the continent under Spirit Hall.
• Xu Yu praised Bibi Dong's cause and claimed he alone understood her, stirring her interest despite her warning that she might kill him.
• Bibi Dong told Xu Yu to handle the matter concerning Shrek Academy and gave him her Pope's Token before dismissing him.

Bibi Dong reflected on how deeply Xu Yu’s words resonated with her, while Xu Yu searched for ways to gain control and strength within Spirit Hall. After discovering a new offensive skill, he summoned Blue Silver Grass, who transformed into a little girl named A Lan and revealed that a sleeping Big Sister had taught her to absorb energy.

• Bibi Dong wondered why she trusted Xu Yu so deeply and regretted refusing to become his teacher.
• Xu Yu returned to his residence frustrated that his Soul King strength could not keep others in line or secure help exploring the Soul Beast Forest.
• Xu Yu discovered the Chaos Ancient Tree’s Bloom skill and tested its razor-sharp petals.
• Blue Silver Grass transformed into a little girl, cried when Xu Yu failed to recognize her, and revealed her name was A Lan.
• A Lan told Xu Yu that her sleeping Big Sister taught her to absorb energy from the Blue Whale Fish, leading him to suspect that Big Sister was Ah Yin.

Xu Yu used the Pope’s Token to gain access to the prison where the Shrek people were held, bringing Zhu Zhuyun and A Lan with him. He reached Oscar’s cell, where the imprisoned student looked up at the unexpected visitors.

• A Lan told Xu Yu that the Chaos Ancient Tree was Little Brat, and Xu Yu wondered about the tree’s childlike form.
• Xu Yu asked Zhu Zhuyun how she had controlled stronger Soul Masters, and she explained that she assigned disobedient subordinates missions they were unlikely to survive.
• Xu Yu showed Zhu Zhuyun the Pope’s Token and invited her to visit the Shrek prisoners, while privately hoping to win her help.
• Xu Yu disguised Zhu Zhuyun with a mask and black robe, then used the Pope’s Token to enter the Supervision Office with her and A Lan.
• At the prison, A Lan used the token to make the guards open Oscar’s cell, and Oscar greeted the visitors with disappointment.